diff --git a/subscribe.go b/subscribe.go
index 4374bda..a4e4dd6 100644
--- a/subscribe.go
+++ b/subscribe.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v9"
 	"gocloud.dev/gcerrors"
@@ -20,18 +21,21 @@ var recvBatcherOpts = &batcher.Options{
 }
 
 type subscription struct {
-	broker *redis.Client
-	group  string
-	topic  string
-	opts   SubscriptionOptions
-	args   *redis.XReadGroupArgs
+	broker    *redis.Client
+	group     string
+	topic     string
+	opts      SubscriptionOptions
+	args      *redis.XReadGroupArgs
+	args0     *redis.XReadGroupArgs
+	autoclaim *redis.XAutoClaimArgs
 }
 
 // SubscriptionOptions contains configuration for subscriptions.
 type SubscriptionOptions struct {
-	From     string // starting id ($ after tail of stream), 0 by default (from head of stream)
-	Consumer string // unique consumer name
-	NoAck    bool
+	From              string // starting id ($ after tail of stream), 0 by default (from head of stream)
+	Consumer          string // unique consumer name
+	NoAck             bool
+	AutoClaimIdleTime time.Duration
 }
 
 // OpenSubscription creates a pubsub.Subscription that joins group, receiving
@@ -54,6 +58,9 @@ func openSubscription(broker *redis.Client, group, topic string, opts *Subscript
 	if opts.From == "" {
 		opts.From = "0"
 	}
+	if opts.AutoClaimIdleTime == 0 {
+		opts.AutoClaimIdleTime = 30 * time.Minute
+	}
 	// Create a consumer group eater on the stream, and start consuming from
 	// the latest message (represented by $) or From id
 	_, err := broker.XGroupCreateMkStream(context.Background(), topic, group, opts.From).Result()
@@ -69,46 +76,85 @@ func openSubscription(broker *redis.Client, group, topic string, opts *Subscript
 		Streams:  []string{topic, ">"}, // stream
 		Block:    0,                    // infinite waiting
 		NoAck:    opts.NoAck,           // Confirmation required
+		Count:    1,
+	}
+
+	xReadGroupArgs0 := &redis.XReadGroupArgs{
+		Group:    group,                // consumer group
+		Consumer: opts.Consumer,        // Consumer, created on-the-fly
+		Streams:  []string{topic, "0"}, // stream
+		Block:    0,                    // infinite waiting
+		NoAck:    opts.NoAck,           // Confirmation required
+		Count:    1,
+	}
+
+	xAutoClaimArgs := &redis.XAutoClaimArgs{
+		Start:    "0-0",
+		Stream:   topic,
+		Group:    group,
+		MinIdle:  opts.AutoClaimIdleTime,
+		Count:    1,
+		Consumer: opts.Consumer,
 	}
 
 	ds := &subscription{
-		broker: broker,
-		opts:   *opts,
-		args:   xReadGroupArgs,
-		group:  group,
-		topic:  topic,
+		broker:    broker,
+		opts:      *opts,
+		args:      xReadGroupArgs,
+		args0:     xReadGroupArgs0,
+		autoclaim: xAutoClaimArgs,
+		group:     group,
+		topic:     topic,
 	}
 	return ds, nil
 }
 
 // ReceiveBatch implements driver.Subscription.ReceiveBatch.
 func (s *subscription) ReceiveBatch(ctx context.Context, maxMessages int) ([]*driver.Message, error) {
-	args := *s.args
 	// if maxMessages > 0 {
 	// 	args.Count = int64(maxMessages)
 	// }
 
+	// XAUTOCLAIM identifies idle pending messages, captured by dead consumers,
+	// and transfers ownership of them to a consumer.
+	if dm, err := s.receiveAutoClaimMessage(ctx, s.autoclaim); dm != nil && err == nil {
+		return []*driver.Message{dm}, nil
+	}
+
 	// What will happen if we crash in the middle of processing messages,
 	// is that our messages will remain in the pending entries list,
 	// so we can access our history by giving XREADGROUP initially an ID of 0,
 	// and performing the same loop. Once providing an ID of 0 the reply
 	// is an empty set of messages, we know that we processed and acknowledged
 	// all the pending messages.
-	args0 := args
-	args0.Streams = []string{args.Streams[0], "0"}
-	if dm, err := s.receiveNextMessage(ctx, &args0); dm != nil && err == nil {
+	if dm, err := s.receiveNextMessage(ctx, s.args0); dm != nil && err == nil {
 		return []*driver.Message{dm}, nil
 	}
 
 	// We can start to use > as ID, in order to get the new messages
 	// and rejoin the consumers that are processing new things.
-	dm, err := s.receiveNextMessage(ctx, &args)
+	dm, err := s.receiveNextMessage(ctx, s.args)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	return []*driver.Message{dm}, nil
 }
 
+func (s *subscription) receiveAutoClaimMessage(ctx context.Context, args *redis.XAutoClaimArgs) (*driver.Message, error) {
+	msgs, _, err := s.broker.XAutoClaim(ctx, args).Result()
+	if err != nil || ctx.Err() != nil {
+		if err == nil {
+			err = ctx.Err()
+		}
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if len(msgs) == 0 {
+		return nil, nil
+	}
+	msg := msgs[0]
+	return driverMsgFromRedisMsg(msg)
+}
+
 func (s *subscription) receiveNextMessage(ctx context.Context, args *redis.XReadGroupArgs) (*driver.Message, error) {
 	xStreamSlice, err := s.broker.XReadGroup(ctx, args).Result()
 	if err != nil || ctx.Err() != nil {
@@ -121,6 +167,10 @@ func (s *subscription) receiveNextMessage(ctx context.Context, args *redis.XRead
 		return nil, nil
 	}
 	msg := xStreamSlice[0].Messages[0]
+	return driverMsgFromRedisMsg(msg)
+}
+
+func driverMsgFromRedisMsg(msg redis.XMessage) (*driver.Message, error) {
 	bd := []byte(msg.Values["body"].(string))
 	var bm map[string]string
 	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(msg.Values["headers"].(string)), &bm); err != nil {
diff --git a/urlopener.go b/urlopener.go
index 668c916..1377f33 100644
--- a/urlopener.go
+++ b/urlopener.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
 	"strconv"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis/v9"
 	"gocloud.dev/pubsub"
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ func (o *URLOpener) OpenTopicURL(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL) (*pubsub.Topic
 
 // OpenSubscriptionURL opens a pubsub.Subscription based on u.
 func (o *URLOpener) OpenSubscriptionURL(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL) (*pubsub.Subscription, error) {
-	var topic, consumer string
+	var topic, consumer, autoclaim string
 	var noack bool
 	from := ""
 	for param, value := range u.Query() {
@@ -64,6 +65,8 @@ func (o *URLOpener) OpenSubscriptionURL(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL) (*pubsu
 			from = value[0]
 		case "consumer":
 			consumer = value[0]
+		case "autoclaim":
+			autoclaim = value[0]
 		case "noack":
 			noack = true
 		default:
@@ -75,6 +78,13 @@ func (o *URLOpener) OpenSubscriptionURL(ctx context.Context, u *url.URL) (*pubsu
 	}
 	o.SubscriptionOptions.From = from
 	o.SubscriptionOptions.NoAck = noack
+	if autoclaim != "" {
+		dur, err := time.ParseDuration(autoclaim)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("open subscription %v: bad autoclaim: %w", u, err)
+		}
+		o.SubscriptionOptions.AutoClaimIdleTime = dur
+	}
 	group := path.Join(u.Host, u.Path)
 	if group == "" {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("open subscription %v: undefined host/path group name", u)